#5B2CAA#5B2CAA

#5B2CAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.187 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2CAA
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 170)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 74.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 48.71, -59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 76.92, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.0766 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.187 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4688, 6.9274, 38.7026)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2CAA #7BAA2C

analogous

#2C3CAA #5B2CAA #9A2CAA

triadic

#5B2CAA #AA5B2C #2CAA5B

tetradic

#5B2CAA #AA2C3C #7BAA2C #2CAA9A

square

#5B2CAA #AA2C3C #7BAA2C #2CAA9A

split-complementary

#5B2CAA #AA9A2C #3CAA2C

monochromatic

#271349 #411F79 #5B2CAA #7844CF #9B75DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#5B2CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5B2CAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2CAA

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2CAA	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.187 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916ac4',
    500: '#5b2caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2caa;
$custom-light: #916ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.381,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43249,
    "c": 0.18701,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2CAA

secondary

#A4C36F

accent

#E246A8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2CAA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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